Post one on Things fall apart

Things Fall Apart is very different when compared to the other books we have read this year in AP Literature. The book centers around a man named Okonkwo through his life in a traditional African village, traditional in the sense that there has been very little European influence on village life. In the beginning section of this book, Okonkwo makes it abundantly clear that he has no desire to be like his father, who the author, Achebe, describes as a lazy spendthrift. Okonkwo is a driven and productive young man. Okonkwo's relationship with his father is not a typical father-son relationship. Other than their bloodline, they appear to have nothing in common. This sort of relationship reminds me of the father-son relationship Huckleberry Finn and his father share. In Twain's novel, Huck and his father are two incredible different people. Huck is a carefree young boy, while his father is a dead beat alcoholic. Both Okonkwo's father and Huck's father have huge impacts on their son's lives; however, the way in which the two boys cope with their dysfunctional fathers is different. Okonkwo uses this affect to his advantage and becomes a determined young man, while Huck simply runs away from his fears and his father. I am looking froward to reading Things Fall Apart. It gives a new view on the colonization of Africa which I haven't yet seen before. Having read books on the affects of the colonization (Power of One) and from the point of view of Europeans (Heart of Darkness), I am very excited to read this book because  I think it will be very interesting because of its unique point of view.